Is this a joke? he said. I’m an easygoing guy, and I came willing to hear you out on this project, but I can take my capital elsewhere. I promised that your investments would lead to miracles, my employer said. Tonight, we dine on woolly mammoth. An incredulous silence swaddled the room. I am no tyrant. My employer removed his sweaty jacket. You are free to give up your portion of the Siberian mammoth our crews exhumed,
